Paper napkins and package thereof



Patented May 16, 1933 UNITED s'm'riazsA DAVID W. HUDSON, OF GREEN BAY,WISCONSIN PAPER NAPKINS AND PACKAGE THEREOCE' Application led October23, 1930. Serial No. 490,595.

Y This invention relates to improvements in paper napkins and packagesthereof.

It is the object of the invention to insure sanitation by folding eachpaper napkin into a larger napkin or wrapper which will projectsufliciently at all margins to protect the inner napkin from anyprobability of its being soiled and yet will not require sealing orfastening thereabout. A person using a napkin enfolded in a protectivecover in accordance with this invention may take the napkin with itscover from an exposed stack in a lunch room or the like with reasonablecertainty that no previous patron of the lunch 5 room has touched anymore than the outer or protective cover.

It is my further purpose to use as an outer or protective cover a sheetof material which may be coarser than ordinary napkin material, but willthereby be even more adapted for use in the lap to protect the clothingof the user.

It is my further purpose in certain instances to secure the inner andouter napkins together yso as to maintain the desired registration bymeans of spots of glue at the corners or elsewhere.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a perspective view illustrating in folded position a singlepair of related napkins embodying this invention.

Figure 2 shows the napkins quarter-folded together by way ofillustrating one type of fold to which this invention is adapted.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing how the two napkins maybe joined adhesively if desired.

Figure 4 is a perspective illustration of a package of napkins embodyingthis invention.

Like parts are identified by the same reference rcharacters throughoutthe several views.

In accordance with this invention, a napkin 5 is registered centrallywith respect to a protecting sheet 6 which is preferably of like formand is preferably also adapted for use as a napkin. As indicated above,the inner napkin may be relatively light, dainty or deli- 50 cate, as itwill be protected mechanically from injury as well as from dirt by thegreater Y size of the protecting sheet 6.

Broadly, it is immaterial what fold is used in preparing my improvednapkins for the market but the fold should be such that the inner orprotected napkin 5 is completely enveloped by the outer or protectingsheet 6. As an example of a fold suitable for this purpose, I have shownin Figure 2 the usual quarter-fold with one corner of the protectingsheet turned back to expose theknap- 'f' kin 5.

The two napkins will preferably be unconnected since the fold used willordinarily insure retention of the desired relationship. It iscontemplated, however, that for some pur- 'Y poses, it may be desirableto connect the two sheets together as by spots of glue shown at 7 inFigure 3.

In the package shown at 8 in Figure 4:, a. 70 band 9 holds a stack ofnapkin sets, as shown in the other views. The napkins may be madeavailablefor use either with or without breaking the band 9. As long asthe band is present, it will hold the napkins of the package tightlycompressed so as to pre-5' vent the exposure of the inner or protectedsheet in the manner suggested by Figure 2. At all times the weight ofnapkins in the stack or package will operate, regardless of the presenceof band 9, to maintain each of the lower sets of napkins in the packageunder suficient pressure to hold the protected sheet firmly aboutftheinner or protected sheet. l, M A.

I claim: f

l.. A set of napkins or the like, comprising superimposed paper sheetsof like shapes and differing sizes, the smaller sheet beingsymmetrically registered in the center of thel` larger and the twosheets being folded together as a unit, with the larger sheet completelyenveloping the smaller.

2. The combination with a paper napkin of a larger sheet of likeshape'and coarser 95 texture upon which said napkin issymmetricallyregistered, said sheets being folded together with the larger sheetcompletely enveloping said napkin in a position to protect it from dirtand mechanical injury.

3. The combination lwith a paper napkin and a larger protective sheetprojecting at all sides beyond said napkin, of means oonnecting saidnapkin and sheet, said napkin and sheet being folded together to a formsuch that said sheet completely envelopes said napkin. e

DAVID W. HUDSON.

